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All the very latest guitar gear from BIAS EXPLAINED
SUPER-MATIC around the world Our essential guide to the science
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We check out eight of the best Your comments and questions,
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delay pedals on the market winning a Boss pedal

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tHIs MONTH’S FEATURES
16 INTERVIEW
SCOTT GORHAM
16 SCOTT GORHAM
The Thin Lizzy guitarist chats to
us about his time with the band,
from his first audition through to
the formation of the current
line-up, and reveals the secrets
behind his signature tone
31 TREVOR WILKINSON
The British guitar guru discusses
the challenges he faced in the
development of the innovative
ATD HT440 self-tuning system,
as featured on the brand new
Fret-King Super-Matic
42 BEN PRESTAGE
We catch up with bearded, cigar
box guitar-weilding US blues
sensation and one-man band
Ben Prestage, a gifted player and
phenomenal live performer
52 COHEED & CAMBRIA
The modern prog-rockers’
lead singer and guitarist Claudio
Sanchez tells us about the
band’s latest record, Year Of
The Black Rainbow
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22 MANSON SIGNATURE GUITARS MB-1
26 FRET-KING SUPER-MATIC
34 FRAMUS DIABLO SUPREME
38 DUESENBERG STARPLAYER SPECIAL D6 BARITONE
48 FRESHMAN APOLLO 3 DC
AMPLIFIERS
58 PEAVEY 6505+ 112 COMBO
68 ON THE RECORD: 63 JET CITY 20 COMBO
FOCUS ‘HOCUS POCUS’
Legendary Dutch guitarist Jan
Akkerman talks us through the
making of this classic 1973 hit
83 BACKSTAGE PASS:
ALEX LIFESON
Renowned tech Scott Appleton
takes us on a tour of the Rush
guitarist’s complex stage rig and
impressive on-the-road guitar
collection
EFFECTS & ACCESSORIES
98 UNSUNG HEROES: 74 PROVIDENCE STAMPEDE OD, SONIC DRIVE,
VIRGILIO ‘BABE’ SIMONI HEAT BLASTER & FINAL BOOSTER
An employee of Fender from the
early ’50s, Babe Simoni went on 79 DIAMOND VIBRATO
to design such oddities as the
Swinger and Custom, as well as
the famous Paisley Telecaster
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